minstrel

«minstrel» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A minstrel was, long ago, a singer or musician who… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (minstrel, minstrels)

meaning for a pupil

A minstrel was, long ago, a singer or musician who travelled from place to place singing songs and telling tales. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A minstrel is a musician. Here it is a player of a stringed instrument whose music helps a prophet receive prophecy. Interpretation: Tradition reads Elisha's request as showing that joy and calm of mind help prophecy to come, while anger or sadness does not. In the primary lessons: in fairy tales and old stories, the musician who sings at a castle or in the woods

examples

• The singers go before, the minstrels follow after, in the midst of damsels playing upon timbrels. (Writings PSA.68.26, JPS 1917) tree →
• But now bring me a minstrel.' And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him. (Prophets 2KI.3.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• The minstrel played his harp in the great hall. tree →
• A minstrel sang of brave knights and dragons. tree →
• The children gathered to hear the minstrel. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• The singers go before, the minstrels follow after, in the midst of damsels playing upon timbrels.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «minstrel» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.